Concerns about energy reliability and extreme weather in states like Texas have boosted interest in solar panels, batteries and insulation.

Texas would join a growing number of states that have invested in private education in recent years.

Microgrids generate and supply their own power in tandem with the grid and work as a backup option in case extreme weather knocks out power.

A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter.

These tools help lower peak demand as our economy is increasingly electrified.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services predicts a nationwide shortage of OB-GYNs by 2030.

Natural gas is a byproduct of oil production, and there’s been a lot of that in Texas. The excess gas has depressed prices.

The price of a generator can range from hundreds to many thousands of dollars, putting them out of reach for the most vulnerable.

Restaurants across the U.S. have the same problems, says Alexis Percival. “There’s been a bit of a reckoning” about how hard the work is.

Once a leading source of oil, California produced fewer barrels of oil in June than in any month since the federal government began counting in 1981.